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Washington, D.C. — Marine monuments and national marine sanctuaries are both types of marine protected areas. The main difference between national marine sanctuaries and marine national monuments is the designation process and the laws under which they are established. National marine sanctuaries...
National Public Works Week, May 21- 27, 2023 kicked off with an official gathering of DPW leadership and workers at their compound in the Sen. Daniel Inouye Industrial Park. Lt. Governor Taluaega E. V. Ale attended the boisterous event. This year’s theme is “Connecting the world through Public...
O le ausiva mai Amerika Samoa ma Samoa a le Uarota a Tafuna 3, i le latou faafiafiaga i le po o le Aso Faraile, lea na tatala aloaia ai le Konefesi faaletausaga a le Siteiki a Pago Tutotonu, a le Ekalesia a Iesu Keriso o le Au Paia o Aso e Gata Ai. [ata foai]
Ames, IOWA — On May 24, 2023, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed legislation banning TikTok in the state. The law imposes fines of US$10,000 per day on any app store that offers the popular Chinese-owned video social media app, and on the app maker itself if it operates in the state. Individual...
Certified athletic trainer Florence Wasko congratulates her mother (right) Luaao Wasko RN, who was named Nurse of the Year at the Nursing Service Awards Ceremony held at DDW Cafe in Utulei yesterday, Tuesday, May 16, 2023. [photo: Oey Ameperosa]
The raising of the colors on May 13 marked the 98th anniversary commemorating the relationship between the US, Am Samoa and Swains Island and the first time it was declared a territory-wide holiday. Attended by Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga, First Lady Ella, the Am Samoa delegation, and the Swains Island...
Participants posed for a group photo last week for the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA) workshop on Drinking Water Vending Machines for operators, owners, and members of the community. AS-EPA thanked its friends at Heath Department Environmental Health Services and the...
62-year-old Selafina Stowers sings Mississippi as dazzling in a beautiful dress during her talent at the StarKist Samoa Tina Lelei Pageant on Thursday, May 11, 2023. The Aua resident has been working at StarKist for more than 20 years and she represented the Production Day Shift at the pageant,...
Longtime employee of StarKist Samoa’s Quality Assurance (QA) Mrs. Antonina Ioane stole the pageant when she surprised and got her StarKist family laughing with a rap song she wrote herself about a life as a StarKist worker. She later went on to win the StarKist Tina Lelei Pageant with a $500 cash...
In celebration of National Nurses Week, Samoa News went to the LBJ Medical Center and received permission to take photos of nurses at their work stations. Here OR Nurses pose for the Samoa News camera. The American Nurses Association’s theme for 2023 is “Nurses Make a Difference”. Let’s join as a...